Necktie-fastener



' J. D. BRANT, Jr.

NECKTIE FASTENER. 2 1 No. 282,952. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

(No Model.)

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. UNITED STATES JOHN D. BRANT, JR, on, NEW YORK, N. Y., nssrenon or ONE-HALF TO PATENT OFFIcnf ABRAHAM V. snnennnr, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Patent No. 282,952, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed December 21, 1882. (No model.)

- of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Adjusta- 5 ble Safety Neck-W'ear' Attachment; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification- Figure 1 being an outer side View of the attachment; Fig. 2, an inner side view of the same; Fig. 3, a side edge view thereof 5 Fig.

4, a view showing the form of the metallic blank from which it is made; Fig. 5, a view of the back side of a scarf with the attachment applied thereto; Fig. 6, a section of the same in a' plane indicated by the line :0 as, Fig. 5.

Like-letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures. i

My invention is specially designed for and applicable to neck-wear which is secured to the person of the wearer by a band passed around the neck. Such neck-wear or scarf is usually provided with a pin permanently attached to the shield of the neck-wear back of i the scarf proper, and its point projecting from the edge of the shield, the end of the neckband, after it has been passed around the neck, and through the tuck-opening of the neck-wear, being hooked upon the said pin. This projecting pin frequently pricks the fin- .gers of the wearer in putting on and taking off thenieck-wear, and is, of course, veryobjectionable on that account; besides, purchasis constructed substantially as follows: It is formed with two leavesor portions, A B, the leaf A being the part which is attached immediately to the shield O of the neck-wear. It is provided with a number'of points or prongs, a a, bent into positions at right angles to the leaf for insertion through the shield,

ed tongue or pin, 1), as shown. Since these points are readily raised again, the attachment can easily beremoved and can be ad justed to the exact position desired on the neck-wear to take the neckband D thereof. The other leaf or part, B, is free, and has an aperture, 0, to admit the pointed tongue or pinb therein, which takes into the neckband and holds it. The leaf'itself serves as a guard to the tongue or pin, shielding it when the neckband is not booked thereon, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and when in the neckband it is shielded thereby, as shown in Fig. 6. The leaf is elastic and springs away from the leaf A, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3, the tongue or pin 12 also projecting in the same it remains constantly fixed in its position and is rigid but when the neckband is to be hooked upon the tongue or pin, the leaf is to be pressed toward the leaf A, as shown by dotted lines in the same figure, thereby exposing the tongue or pin and allowing it to be entered into the neckband. Then, when the neck-wear is to be taken off, as soon as the neckband is detached from the tongue or pin, the part B springs into place and shields the tongue or pin, so that it cannot catch again in the neckband while withdrawing the same, thereby obviating another serious objection to the simple pin. it

The attachment may be properly made of sheet metal, as shown, the metal being sufficiently thin and elastic to enable the leaf B to be manipulated as above specified. The tongue or pin 1) may be stiffened and strengthened by swaging it into a concave form, as shown. A proper form of blank from which to shape the attachment is shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a neck-wear attachment, the combination of an attaching leaf or part, A, suita ble. means for attaching it to the neck-wear, fixed tongue or pin 1), and elastic movable leaf and to be clinched upon it, and with a pointdirection, so as to be shielded thereby, since or part B, substantially as and for the purpose tially as and for the purpose herein specified herein specified. In testimony whereof Ihave-herennto signed 2. As an improved article of manufacture, my name in presence of two witnesses. a neck-wear attachment composed of an at- JOHN D. BRANT, JR. 5 taehing part, A, provided with attaching- Witnesses:

points a a, elastic shield part B, and tongue S. B. GooDALE,

or pin b, constructed and operating snbstan- W. W". BRANT. 

